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Newspaper
Hedley Gazette
Location
Hadley, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 10, 1917
Page
7
The Calgary News Telegram notes a wide government push to win farmer favor as agriculture becomes Canada’s wealth, urging legislation to put farmers on par with banks, factories, and transport in rights and benefits. The piece frames it as a great day for farmers despite brisk, noisy political maneuvering.
Mrs. Jos. Roger, a Gloucester county teacher, details thirteen months of backache sciatica neuralgia and nervousness caused by diseased kidneys. After tryng Dodd s Kidney Pills she reports steady work for a year with no days lost and full recovery of energy memory and skin irritation vanished.
Money orders priced at five dollars cost three cents while enabling purchases from distant suppliers. Dominion Express promotes these orders as a simple, secure way to pay for goods beyond local merchants.
The Winnipeg Telegram reports Western Canada wheat crop output up to about 225,000,000 bushels, larger than early estimates. At $150 per bushel the crop is worth roughly $73,000,000 more than anticipated, lifting the total value to about $75,000,000 more for the west.
A health note extols Baby's Own Tablets as a remedy for childhood constipation. Mrs. Romain Poirier testifies the product restored her baby's health, noting the tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Day Medicine Co in Brockville.
The provincial department of railways reports Saskatchewan’s railway mileage rose from 1851 miles in 1905 to 6101 miles in 1915. Also includes garbled ad copy and stray phrases about remedies and personal boasts without coherent context.
An advertisement proclaims Linard's Liniment for sale everywhere. Manitoba's 1916 potato production reached 9,080,602 bushels with 3,849,132 bushels of other roots, up 1.3 million potatoes and 700,000 roots from 1915. Average yields rose by 31 and 28 bushels per acre.
Kingston Standard notes daylight saving as beneficial for farmers and home gardens. It promotes Dr. Thomas Electric Oil as a household remedy, claiming usefulness for children with mold and croup, adults with pains, and even guidance for sick cattle. The piece stresses every household should keep a bottle on hand.
A Gloucester Massachusetts local notice advertised a contest offering $3 for the best spac mon potato. Despite modern labor costs, daily entries arrived and by the end the man held six barrels of fine potatoes all purchased for $3.
Theodore Eichholz, a Pittsburgh engineer and architect, claims to have devised a device to destroy submarines by inducing gas explosions inside submersibles. Formerly with the U S Army Corps of Engineers, he reported a test from his Neville Island home using a small dummy submarine in the Ohio River five miles away, submerged to ten feet.
An old advertisement extols Dr J D Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy as a matchless inhaled smoke or vapor treatment offering relief after years of suffering. It highlights a testimonial from a Cornell Widow and notes availability through dealers and wholesalers.
A fortune maker speaks to business students claiming all success came from pluck. He boasts of his immense wealth while a student interjects asking how to find the right people to pluck, creating a humorous pause in the address.
An advertisement promotes Parmint as a double strength English remedy for catarrh coughs colds and deafness. It claims to tackle blood and mucous membranes to relieve symptoms creating a breath of air for easier hearing and breathing. Available from druggists or by mail with a 75 cent payment to International Tabor stories in Montreal Canada.
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